in a live recording of this i heard him add this verse -
'well its hard to ignore all the news reports
they say we must defend ourselves fight on foreign soil
against the infidels
with the oil wells
god saves gas prices'
on another version he sings
'god saves texax family fortunes'

conor has taken an anti-war position on the Iraq thing. This verse explains Bush's alterior motive to the 'war on terrorism'. Saddam wouldn't give him oil. The 'new regime' will use the oil to rebuild their country by...guess what? selling it to the US. He's got a point.

this ties in a lot with the short story at the beginning of the booklet for '5 stories falling' I wish i had it so I could copy it out.
i like the imagery of war at the beginning...and the whole song keeps pretty hectic which seems to reflect the relationship he's talking about here.

how come all anyone does on this site is whine about how emo is becoming mainstream and badmouting anything trendy... 'songmeanings.net' don't post unless you're offering a view on the song or correcting lyrics ok? so far I haven't really heard any good explanations on this song. The Book On the Letter N...what the hell does that mean anyways?? is that just incoherent babbling or does that have some sort of meaning? someone please stop whining and try to explain the song for me :)